The government is inviting local authorities to apply to become the UK's first all-electric bus town, with £50m on offer to pay for a new fleet of buses.
The new AFC Energy H-Power system uses hydrogen fuel cell technology to deliver electric car charging anywhere in the UK, without using the National Grid.
E.ON has opened a new ultra-fast electric car charging station just off the M6 on the outskirts of Birmingham – the first of 180 chargers promised by 2020.